Hosp corporatisation denies healthcare to poor: CJI

'Hefty Fees Have Marred Docs' Ties With Patients'

- Amit Anand Choudhary

New Delhi: Highlighting the "growing and unchecked" corporatisation of the country's healthcare system, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Tuesday said the profit-driven approach of hospitals denies the poor access to healthcare and exorbitant costs forces people to suppress their treatment needs and well-being.

Addressing doctors of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), the CJI also appealed to the governments to take measures to stop brain-drain in the medical field as many doctors are shifting to foreign countries because of better facilities and work environment. Referring to various incidents of medical practitioners being attacked and abused during the pandemic, he said doctors must be provided a safe environment and governments must work on it.